diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 8947418ce7..efdc703257 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -1321,6 +1321,13 @@ static void ensure_socket_initialization(void)
 	initialized = 1;
 }
 
+#undef gethostname
+int mingw_gethostname(char *name, int namelen)
+{
+    ensure_socket_initialization();
+    return gethostname(name, namelen);
+}
+
 #undef gethostbyname
 struct hostent *mingw_gethostbyname(const char *host)
 {
diff --git a/compat/mingw.h b/compat/mingw.h
index ce9dd980eb..fecf0d0776 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.h
+++ b/compat/mingw.h
@@ -190,6 +190,9 @@ char *mingw_getcwd(char *pointer, int len);
 char *mingw_getenv(const char *name);
 #define getenv mingw_getenv
 
+int mingw_gethostname(char *host, int namelen);
+#define gethostname mingw_gethostname
+
 struct hostent *mingw_gethostbyname(const char *host);
 #define gethostbyname mingw_gethostbyname
 
diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index b608bbf95a..b67fef0bf6 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -22,14 +22,13 @@ $Git::SVN::default_ref_id = $ENV{GIT_SVN_ID} || 'git-svn';
 $Git::SVN::Ra::_log_window_size = 100;
 $Git::SVN::_minimize_url = 'unset';
 
-if (! exists $ENV{SVN_SSH}) {
-	if (exists $ENV{GIT_SSH}) {
-		$ENV{SVN_SSH} = $ENV{GIT_SSH};
-		if ($^O eq 'msys') {
-			$ENV{SVN_SSH} =~ s/\\/\\\\/g;
-			$ENV{SVN_SSH} =~ s/(.*)/"$1"/;
-		}
-	}
+if (! exists $ENV{SVN_SSH} && exists $ENV{GIT_SSH}) {
+	$ENV{SVN_SSH} = $ENV{GIT_SSH};
+}
+
+if (exists $ENV{SVN_SSH} && $^O eq 'msys') {
+	$ENV{SVN_SSH} =~ s/\\/\\\\/g;
+	$ENV{SVN_SSH} =~ s/(.*)/"$1"/;
 }
 
 $Git::SVN::Log::TZ = $ENV{TZ};
diff --git a/mergetools/bc3 b/mergetools/bc3
index 27b3dd48b8..b6319d206e 100644
--- a/mergetools/bc3
+++ b/mergetools/bc3
@@ -16,5 +16,10 @@ merge_cmd () {
 }
 
 translate_merge_tool_path() {
-	echo bcompare
+	if type bcomp >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
+	then
+		echo bcomp
+	else
+		echo bcompare
+	fi
 }
diff --git a/t/t1020-subdirectory.sh b/t/t1020-subdirectory.sh
index 3b1b985996..e23ac0e69d 100755
--- a/t/t1020-subdirectory.sh
+++ b/t/t1020-subdirectory.sh
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ test_expect_success 'alias expansion' '
 	)
 '
 
-test_expect_success '!alias expansion' '
+test_expect_success NOT_MINGW '!alias expansion' '
 	pwd >expect &&
 	(
 		git config alias.test !pwd &&
diff --git a/t/t9001-send-email.sh b/t/t9001-send-email.sh
index 87b4acc9a6..8c12c65c72 100755
--- a/t/t9001-send-email.sh
+++ b/t/t9001-send-email.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ test_expect_success $PREREQ \
       echo do
       echo "  echo \"!\$a!\""
       echo "done >commandline\$output"
+      test_have_prereq MINGW && echo "dos2unix commandline\$output"
       echo "cat > msgtxt\$output"
       ) >fake.sendmail &&
      chmod +x ./fake.sendmail &&
diff --git a/t/t9300-fast-import.sh b/t/t9300-fast-import.sh
index bd32b91d8f..438aaf6b14 100755
--- a/t/t9300-fast-import.sh
+++ b/t/t9300-fast-import.sh
@@ -2237,7 +2237,7 @@ test_expect_success 'R: cat-blob-fd must be a nonnegative integer' '
 	test_must_fail git fast-import --cat-blob-fd=-1 </dev/null
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'R: print old blob' '
+test_expect_success NOT_MINGW 'R: print old blob' '
 	blob=$(echo "yes it can" | git hash-object -w --stdin) &&
 	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
 	${blob} blob 11
@@ -2249,7 +2249,7 @@ test_expect_success 'R: print old blob' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'R: in-stream cat-blob-fd not respected' '
+test_expect_success NOT_MINGW 'R: in-stream cat-blob-fd not respected' '
 	echo hello >greeting &&
 	blob=$(git hash-object -w greeting) &&
 	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
@@ -2270,7 +2270,7 @@ test_expect_success 'R: in-stream cat-blob-fd not respected' '
 	test_cmp expect actual.1
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'R: print new blob' '
+test_expect_success NOT_MINGW 'R: print new blob' '
 	blob=$(echo "yep yep yep" | git hash-object --stdin) &&
 	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
 	${blob} blob 12
@@ -2288,7 +2288,7 @@ test_expect_success 'R: print new blob' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'R: print new blob by sha1' '
+test_expect_success NOT_MINGW 'R: print new blob by sha1' '
 	blob=$(echo "a new blob named by sha1" | git hash-object --stdin) &&
 	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
 	${blob} blob 25
diff --git a/t/t9901-git-web--browse.sh b/t/t9901-git-web--browse.sh
index 7906e5d032..b0a6bad8dd 100755
--- a/t/t9901-git-web--browse.sh
+++ b/t/t9901-git-web--browse.sh
@@ -7,31 +7,32 @@ This test checks that git web--browse can handle various valid URLs.'
 
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
+test_web_browse () {
+	# browser=$1 url=$2
+	git web--browse --browser="$1" "$2" >actual &&
+	tr -d '\015' <actual >text &&
+	test_cmp expect text
+}
+
 test_expect_success \
 	'URL with an ampersand in it' '
 	echo http://example.com/foo\&bar >expect &&
 	git config browser.custom.cmd echo &&
-	git web--browse --browser=custom \
-		http://example.com/foo\&bar >actual &&
-	test_cmp expect actual
+	test_web_browse custom http://example.com/foo\&bar
 '
 
 test_expect_success \
 	'URL with a semi-colon in it' '
 	echo http://example.com/foo\;bar >expect &&
 	git config browser.custom.cmd echo &&
-	git web--browse --browser=custom \
-		http://example.com/foo\;bar >actual &&
-	test_cmp expect actual
+	test_web_browse custom http://example.com/foo\;bar
 '
 
 test_expect_success \
 	'URL with a hash in it' '
 	echo http://example.com/foo#bar >expect &&
 	git config browser.custom.cmd echo &&
-	git web--browse --browser=custom \
-		http://example.com/foo#bar >actual &&
-	test_cmp expect actual
+	test_web_browse custom http://example.com/foo#bar
 '
 
 test_expect_success \
@@ -43,9 +44,7 @@ test_expect_success \
 	EOF
 	chmod +x "fake browser" &&
 	git config browser.w3m.path "`pwd`/fake browser" &&
-	git web--browse --browser=w3m \
-		http://example.com/foo >actual &&
-	test_cmp expect actual
+	test_web_browse w3m http://example.com/foo
 '
 
 test_expect_success \
@@ -58,9 +57,7 @@ test_expect_success \
 			done
 		}
 		f" &&
-	git web--browse --browser=custom \
-		http://example.com/foo >actual &&
-	test_cmp expect actual
+	test_web_browse custom http://example.com/foo
 '
 
 test_done